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Swift Chooses SmartStream for Calendar Data
Swift has chosen to work with SmartStream partly because the software and managed services vendor is itself a user of calendar data
Fidessa Promotes Thomas, Hires Jeffrey
Trading technology and market data provider Fidessa has appointed Emily Thomas as global head of new business sales and Phill Jeffrey as Asia-Pacific regional sales director.
Roubini Global Economics' Research Added to Markit Hub
Headed by economist Nouriel Roubini, the global consultancy known as RGE will now contribute to Markit's aggregated news, analysis, and research hub for institutional investors.
Customers Begin Testing Swift Services for EMIR Reporting
The messaging services vendor is providing two ways for market participants to report data on over-the-counter derivatives trades, when European regulatory requirements to do so come into effect on 12 February
Three Years On, Europe Agrees Mifid II
A raft of new laws regarding the operation of securities markets in Europe is a step closer to becoming a reality, after European authorities clinched a deal regarding the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), known as Mifid…
Data Boiler Names Former JP Morgan Exec COO
Edward Lai, former vice president of the chief investment office at JP Morgan in Asia, has joined Big Data analytics startup Data Boiler Technologies as managing director and chief operating officer, responsible for product development, compliance and…
FastMatch Selects Caplin to Develop FX Matching Platform
FastMatch, the foreign exchange (FX) electronic communication network (ECN) co-owned by BNY Mellon, Credit Suisse, and Forex Capital Markets (FXCM), has chosen Caplin Systems to develop a new electronic distribution platform for its spot-FX matching…
D&B, FirstRain Ally for Integrated Company Data
Information providers Dun & Bradstreet and FirstRain announced a partnership that will see the integration of FirstRain's company, industry and customer research and social analytics with D&B's structured company data.
Nominees for LEI Foundation Directors Published
Gerard Hartsink has been nominated as chair of the board of directors of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation and says he and the 15 other nominees understand the foundation and central operating unit must move quickly
Trefis Taps S&P Capital IQ for Interactive Research
McGraw Hill Financial-owned S&P Capital IQ Equity Research, the independent research arm of S&P Capital IQ, has partnered with data visualization technology vendor Trefis to allow Trefis users to access research models for roughly 600 companies and 1,500…
DTCC's Arthus Appointed Omgeo President, CEO
Paula Arthus will take over from Marianne Brown as president and chief executive officer of Omgeo on February 21
ZKB Taps Corvil for Data Quality, Latency Monitoring
Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) is rolling out Dublin-based latency management technology vendor Corvil's Operational Performance Monitoring platform to monitor market data quality, FX order flow as well as quote-to-order and gateway latency.
IDC Adds BCG FX, IRS Rates to OTC Data
Interactive Data will this week make pricing data for foreign exchange and interest rate contracts from interdealer broker BGC Partners available via its Consolidated Feed of data from more than 450 exchanges and over-the-counter sources worldwide, as…
Zürcher Kantonalbank Taps Corvil for Enhanced Trading Performance
Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB), has deployed Corvil’s Operational Performance Monitoring (OPM) system to monitor the performance of its market making and foreign-exchange (FX) business, including market data quality, transaction analysis and FX order flow.
S&P Cap IQ Adds SGX Data to Low-Latency Feed
S&P Capital IQ Real-Time Solutions (formerly French low-latency data vendor QuantHouse, which S&P acquired in 2012) has added the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to its QuantFeed consolidated datafeed and QuantLink fiber-optic network.
Financial Machineries Buys Data Contributions Ahead of Aggregated Repository Data Launch
Milan-based startup risk and quantitative analytics provider Financial Machineries is preparing to launch a feed of cleansed, aggregated data from trade data repositories, dubbed GTR Analytics, and has acquired London-based contributed data consultancy…
REDI Adds Credit Suisse's AES to its Multi-Broker EMS; Pushes Forward with Citadel OEMS
REDI Global Technologies has added Credit Suisse's Advanced Execution Services (AES) to it REDIPlus execution management system (EMS).
iLevel, Atlantic-Pacific Capital Seal Strategic Partnership
The technology provider to private investment firms says it has signed a formal partner agreement with Atlantic-Pacific Capital, an independent global placement agent for private equity that has raised around $50 billion.
BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley Join Eurex OTC Clear
BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley have joined Eurex Clearing's central counterparty service for OTC derivatives, Eurex OTC Clear, for interest rate swaps (IRS).
Traiana Embeds Reconciliation Engine to Address US Swaps Rules
Traiana has integrated Duco's reconciliation engine so it can reconcile reference data from central counterparties, swap execution facilities and futures commission merchants ahead of the introduction of new regulations for the US swaps industry
AQR Capital Management Selects Fidessa Sentinel
Connecticut-based AQR Capital Management has implemented Fidessa's Sentinel pre- and post-trade solution to automate its trade compliance management across all business lines.
Principal Global Investors Taps Vermilion
The Des Moines, Iowa-based money manager and provider of specialist boutique funds with approximately $300 billion under management, will use Vermilion's reporting suite to back its expanding European operations.
Deutsche Börse Continues Asia Push With CLTX Grab
Deutsche Börse’s Leipzeg-based subsidiary, The European Energy Exchange (EEX), has taken on a majority 52 percent share in ClearTrade Exchange (CLTX), a futures exchange based in Singapore. The move completes a deal that was agreed to in Q4 of 2013.
Deutsche Börse Buys Impendium Systems for Compliance Offering
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has acquired Impendium Systems, a London-based firm that deploys cloud-based compliance software solutions. The deal was completed on Jan. 10 for a price "in the single digit million euro range," according to the…